Culture
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Bark Ladies: how women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’ strong personalities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story includes names of people who have died. Sasha Grishin The…
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My Armenian Christmas reminds me how traditions are reinvented in times of crisis
I approached Christmas Day, as I imagine many New Statesman readers did, with my eyes smarting from a swab up my nose,…
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Sydney Festival boycott: when arts organisations accept donations, there is always a price to pay
Several artists and arts organisations have withdrawn from the festival over the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of the dance work Decadance,…
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JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone and the New JFK Fact Pattern
When Oliver Stone first ambles through Dealey Plaza in Dallas in the opening frames his new documentary JFK Revisited: Through the…
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An RMIT University project is giving asylum seekers a chance to transform their lives
Farzaneh Dehghani has just achieved her dream to graduate as a civil engineer. Stephanie Corsetti SBS Ms Dehghani, who came to Australia…
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The crisis of a career in culture: why sustaining a livelihood in the arts is so hard
Many artists and arts workers have “portfolio careers”, piecing together a mixture of jobs while competing for limited funding and…
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Partnership to protect First Nations heritage
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will have a greater say on heritage planning and developing laws and policies to…
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Henri Matisse was an artist of colour and sensuous line; an unerring eye until the end
It was a tapestry, Polynesia, newly acquired for the collection of the Art Gallery of NSW. Joanna Mendelssohn The Conversation…
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The stories behind these stunning images by First Nations photographers
Here, some of the artists tell SBS News about the stories and inspirations behind their work. Akash Arora SBS News…
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On the intimate and character-revealing photographs of Linda McCartney – Paul’s wife, and a stunning artist
The Linda McCartney Retrospective has toured the world, taking on a new life in each location, morphing and connecting to…
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Outside theatre: why it mustn’t stop after the pandemic
Despite audiences being inscrutable in masks, I’ve seen two packed shows and begun to believe that theatres are finally recovering…
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How poetry can help us understand the urgency of the climate crisis
My garden hedge was stuffed with sparrows who seemed to always be singing. Christina Thatcher The Conversation I expected to…
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Booker Prize won by South African writer Damon Galgut for The Promise
The 57-year-old, who has been shortlisted twice previously, won the 50,000-pound ($91,783) prize against a shortlist that included Pulitzer Prize winner Richard…
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A new artistic call for us to recognise the connections of Country is a testament to the power of Aboriginal knowledge
The first major exhibition curated by Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Wurrung woman Stacie Piper in her role as Tarawarra’s 2019 Yalingwa…
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Kowanyama Aboriginal language program revives cultural connection
Kowanyama, north-west of Cairns, is home to three distinct language groups that were almost eradicated. Mark Rigby ABC News But…
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The Greek-Australians fighting for the return of the Parthenon marbles to Athens
“It’s time for a change.” Marc Fennell & Sophie Kesteven for Stuff the British Stole ABC News Vardas is the…
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